INDEX.
Pitfalls, rob, 159
Poison for arrows, 176 -- water, 190
Portuguese by Cunene, 208, 21 r Presents for barter, 8, 11, 13, 130 Prison in Cape Town, like a club,
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RAIDS, excitement of, 179 Rains, in Oct., 51 ; in Dec., 183 Rate of travel, I So, I So Rath, Rev., 36, So - after history, 195 Rehoboth, 71
Rhinoceros, 16S, 171 --- calf as food, 169 Ropes and thongs, 59 Ruxton, Mr., 42, 139
SAND Fountain, 11, 15, 21 Sandwich Bay, to Sands along coast, 9 - dunes, 18 Salt not eaten, III - springs, 112 - pan (Etosha), 123 Savages versus Europeans, 105
Scales, 142
Scheppmansdorf, 16, 13 Schmelen's Hope, 68, 78, 150 - massacre at, 37 Sheep, 148
Shoes, 186
Shooting from screens, 1(8 Slavery and servitude, 142 Snakes, 92, 174 Soap making, 94 Socks, 186
Spots and Stripes, 187
Springes, 174 Spring-gun, 194 Stewartson, 11, 15
- lion hunting, 19, 20 - guides us, 23 - returns, 50 Swakop, lions in, 17 -- reached, 25 - its importance, 26 Swartboy, 70, 72, 76
Tenacity of life, 41, 56, 63, 88 Thief captured, 88 Thirst, 73
Thongs (see Hides) Thorns, xiii, 51
- checking oxen, 93 Timber, 21
- to season, 22 -- rarity of good, 114 Timboo, 8, 32 Tinkhas, Mt., 27 Tobacco as barter, I I, 81 'Tounobis, news of, 159 -reach, 166 Tracks, 146, 183 Travel, rate of, 18o
routine of, 83, 180 Tree, parent, 125 Triangulations, 16o 'Tsobis, R., 31
- water poisoned, 190 'Twas, 161
Unicorn, 173
Waggons, 7
--- accidents, 21, 104, 152 - dislike to, 64